Shelly has over 25 years of experience in managing global businesses in big data analytics, decision sciences, and BPO industries. He was one of the early employees of Daksh and subsequently enabled its acquisition by IBM. After the merger, he served several global leadership roles with IBM. He left IBM at a Senior Partner level to join Mu Sigma as the global head of sales & client services and a member of Mu Sigma Japan and Germany Board. Shelly also played Interim CEO role at Mu Sigma. He is a member of the Institute of Cost Accounts in India, and has participated in Harvard executive programs focused on long term negotiations.

Sulakshana Patankar holds global responsibility for Markets&Markets strategic human resources activities, employee communications & social responsibility initiatives. She leads all aspects of HR, including workforce development & organization effectiveness, benefits & compensation, staffing.

With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, Sulakshana has held key executive positions across multiple geographies in Energy, Utilities, Retail, Manufacturing, Music & Entertainment sectors.

Prior to joining Markets&Markets in 2018, Sulakshana was heading the Global Business’s for Energy & Utilities, Retail & Manufacturing, Music & Entertainment at WNS. She was a member of the ‘Executive Management Council’ & was responsible for mentoring the overall finance & accounting strategy of the organization. Sulakshana has pioneered various practice segments & has played a significant role in growing the business rapidly. Her accomplishments include developing new ventures & delivery models for most challenging markets.

Earlier in her career Sulakshana was a Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she managed various assignments in business process re-engineering & financial/strategic planning.

Sulakshana holds a master’s degree in Business Administration & is a certified Management accountant.

She has immensely contributed to the growth of multiple industry segments.

Sulakshana is based in Pune, India

Harwinder leads Global Research & Consulting division of MarketsandMarkets. He is closely involved in developing overall corporate strategy, product development, planning organizational structure and M&A activities for MarketsandMarkets. Harwinder leads MarketsandMarkets vision to be leader in B2B Information Services and to create a legacy of being one of the most respected brands in Business Research.

Over the course of last 6 years, Harwinder was instrumental in growing "research and consulting" team, which constitutes biggest chunk of 1000+ employees of MarketsandMarkets. With more than 8 industry verticals where MarketsandMarkets provides information services, Harwinder is closely involved in developing disruptive offerings and solutions for its clients which constitute Fortune 5000 companies of B2B world.

Prior to joining MarketsandMarkets, from 2000 till 2010, Harwinder worked in different organizations within the sphere of Healthcare Industry. Harwinder also had entrepreneurial stint in his family owned business "SKF & Associates" for few years. He worked in Mckinsey & Co as healthcare research professional and in marketing and sales functions for Venus Remedies and Eli Lilly.

He was a research associate in 2005 in W.H.O sponsored project titled "Impact of TRIPS on generic drug prices in India" under Dr Parikshit Bansal (Head - Intellectual Property and Technology Cell - NIPER). This report was submitted to Government of India and was used as reference document for framing policy and guidelines on drug prices in India.

Harwinder holds bachelor's degree in pharmaceuticals and master's in business administration.

Rajat manages the India based syndicated research team of MarketsandMarkets. He brings over 10 years of experience in establishing, managing, and growing the research & analysis teams. An astute strategic planner and operations leader, he has been recognized by the top leadership for valuable contribution in engaging large accounts on many occasions throughout his career.

Prior to joining MarketsandMarkets, Rajat worked with GlobalData Research Center for nearly 8 years. He led a team of 100+ analysts and was instrumental in developing & successfully commercializing their oil & gas subscription product. He worked with all major companies across the oil & gas value chain including oil & gas supermajors, national oil companies, independents, oil & gas service companies and professional services companies. Rajat has also worked with the European Energy team of Frost & Sullivan, specializing in the distributed generation technologies such as renewables, fuels cells and power rentals.

Rajat holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from XIM Bhubaneswar with a specialization in Finance & Strategy.

Aashish leads the healthcare, chemicals and materials verticals at MarketsandMarkets Pvt Ltd and is responsible for strategically engaging key accounts, leading to deeper client engagement with our products and consulting practices.

Aashish brings with him a wealth of experience building and leading consulting practices. In his last role, he was leading the Life Sciences practice at PwC Strategy & (Booz & Co) for 2 years; before that he built and led SDG’s India and APAC practice for 13 years. Aashish has served CXOs on their strategic issues in diverse industries spanning healthcare, chemicals, oil & gas and technology, with a deeper focus in healthcare. He has advised CXOs on their growth agenda, entering new markets, leveraging new technologies, taking “big bet” investment decisions, portfolio management and capital allocation decisions. He has worked extensively across the globe including India, US, Central Europe, China, Korea and all ASEAN markets. He brings strong capabilities in consultative selling, key account management, supervising high quality delivery, building & nurturing talent and leading a consulting P&L. By education, Aashish has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a BTech from IIT Delhi.

With 22 years of experience managing profit and loss, client relationships and nurturing and growing businesses, Khera is expert in various customer and market-facing roles and managing business operations and cross-cultural teams across global locations, among other skills. He previously worked in various leadership positions, including as geography head at Mu Sigma Inc., a big data analytics and decision sciences company; and assistant vice president of corporate development and director of program management at GlobalLogic, a digital product engineering services company.

Wadhwani has more than 18 years of experience managing teams of designers, developers and researchers and crafting engaging user experiences and integrated product experiences across touch points, devices and platforms. He has received numerous industry awards for his work and has been instrumental in successful product launches. Wadhwani previously worked as chief manager of product design and marketing at Saregama India Ltd., India’s oldest music label; and executive creative director at Network18 Digital, a media and entertainment company, among other positions.

Kavitha is heading the Human Resource department of MarketsandMarkets. She has more than 10+ years of experience. Kavitha has joined MnM team in 2012, since then she has strategically worked towards the achievement of organizational goals.

She has involved in the organizational development, compensation design, talent acquisition and management, training and development, and employee engagement. Kavitha has successfully managed organizational change both in terms of the number of resources and the quality of resources.

Pavan Palety, as the Geography Head - Europe, looks after sales, client services, partnerships and shared services for MarketsandMarkets Europe. Based out of Munich, his primary focus areas are to manage and grow the company’s revenue and market share in Europe, work closely with clients to understand and uncover latent demand in revenue forecast and future mix and ensuring the delivery of sustainable and actionable insights to them. He is also responsible for building a strong and competent Europe team. He has over 12 years of experience in managing global businesses in big data analytics, decision sciences, and IT industries.